The statistical parallelism of a pair of tests equated by the P-value method was investigated, as well as the relationship between their raw scores and scores transformed by linear equating. Data were obtained from eight sections of the 1980 New Jersey Minimum Basic Skills Program; specifically, the reading and mathematics tests for each of grades…

A comparison was made between four different scoring procedures for the 45-item Reading Comprehension subtest, Level I, of the Comprehensive Test of Basic Skills, Form S, for a sample of 1,000 third grade students. These students were selected to have been among those who omitted from 3 to 22 of the 45 items. Another representative sample of 1,300…

FOUR PAPERS GIVEN AT THE READING SYMPOSIUM OF THE 1968 AMERICAN EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATION PRESENT DISCUSSIONS OF THE SOUTHWEST REGIONAL LABORATORY (SWRL) READING PROGRAM. THE FIRST PAPER DESCRIBES OBJECTIVES, CLASSROOM MATERIALS, AND PROCEDURES. OBJECTIVES FOR SIGHT-RECOGNITION, WORD-ATTACK SKILLS, AND COMPREHENSION SKILLS ARE EXPRESSED IN…

A description of the English Language Institute reading courses at the University of Hawaii is presented. A reading test, given to all non-native speakers of English applying to the University, yields scores on vocabulary, comprehension, speed, and total reading ability. On the basis of these scores, students are (1) classified as exempt, more or…

Developed was a "reading free" test to evaluate knowledge and understanding of science by elementary school pupils. This study was made because it was suspected that students reading below grade level were unable to indicate fully their science knowledge on conventional tests. The Pictorial-aural Inventory of Science Knowledge (PISK) was…

This study examines the relationship between size of school district (ADA) and several measures of educational outcome (mean and median reading and arithmetic scores at the 5th grade level) while controlling statistically for student and financial inputs (socioeconomic characteristics of communities and dollar expenditure per ADA, respectively).…

This volume is intended for secondary content area classroom teachers. The booklet is made up of selected portions of articles from periodical literature dealing with secondary reading. These articles meet the practical requirements of content area teachers who want to teach reading but who are unsure of where to begin and what to do. The five…

In a study designed to assess effects of administering the Metropolitan Reading Test (MRT) in Spanish versus English, 100 Puerto Rican kindergarten pupils were randomly split into two groups. The MRT was administered in English to one group and in a Spanish translation to the other group. The group who took the Spanish version significantly…

One of the most critical elements in the adaptation of productivity analysis to education is the adequacy of the instruments for measuring program output or achievement. Various aspects of standardized test construction make them less than desirable measures of productivity. The Test Development Notebook which the New York State Department of…

The Anchor Test Study provides a means for translating a pupil's score on any one of seven widely used standardized reading tests to a corresponding score on any of the other tests for students in grades 4, 5, and 6. In addition, the study provides new estimates of alternate form reliability for each of the seven tests, provides estimates of the…

Twenty-eight fifth and sixth graders who had attended the University of Illinois Reading Center for an analytical diagnosis of reading difficulties were compared with a group of 33 students at the same grade level who had not had the benefit of diagnosis beyond the survey level to determine (1) whether the analytical level of diagnosis could…

In this study, 100 second graders from a midwestern city were given an oral syntax test which measured seventeen syntactic competencies and a parallel written syntax test. Metropolitan reading and Slosson intelligence tests were also administered. Significant relationships between syntax attainment and reading achievement (R = .70) and between…

The reading test forms in this booklet are to be used primarily for determining students' reading grade level. In expanded forms, they can also serve as diagnostic tools for some reading and learning disabilities. All teachers should be able to administer these tests with relative accuracy and, when applicable, discover narrow areas which will…

Assessing students' knowledge of the sequential nature of language and the extent to which they are able to relate one sentence or concept to another (preceding or following) is a task rarely measured by reading tests, despite the fact that such information would help to meet individual reading needs. One instrument which may prove useful toward…

To provide empirical data from which inferences could be made about the definition of critical reading and also the relationship between critical reading and critical thinking were the main objectives of this study. The Reading Comprehension Test; the Test of Critical Thinking, Form G; the Nelson-Denny Reading Test, Form A; and the Lorge-Thorndike…